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by **Primal Prime** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 6:24 am

Question about alt modes. How often do they rotate? And which day do they rotate?

News Credits: 7 · by **Dragonslayer** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:26 am

Unless things have changed, my understanding is the rotator is broken. To what degree I don't remember.

by **ThunderThruster** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 9:44 am

Is it worth doing away with the rotation, and just have all the alts available at all times?

by **Primal Prime** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 11:02 am

ThunderThruster wrote:Is it worth doing away with the rotation, and just have all the alts available at all times?

If possible that would make more sense considering the amount of people online these days

News Credits: 34 · by **Glyph** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 2:13 pm

Primal Prime wrote:Question about alt modes. How often do they rotate? And which day do they rotate?

As far as I can tell, there's something that happens with the rotation - some non-core alts do get a short availability period added from time to time - but it's not clear to me exactly what and when. I'm looking into options for doing a more active rotation via the dashboard, since I can't affect the actual code in any way.

Red Sentinel wrote:Referencing the August statement, are more alt modes going to be released or brought back?

Yes, definitely planning to rotate some classic alts and add more (there's been a lot of new toy photography since the last set...). The armour bug and instability last year took the wind out of the sails a bit, but looking to get back onto things now that it's actually feasible to reset characters.

Any classic alts people would like to see return? Suggestions for new ones you'd really like to use for your bots?

ThunderThruster wrote:Is it worth doing away with the rotation, and just have all the alts available at all times?

I... don't know how I feel about that. I see the argument, but also think it takes away one of the few "gamey" customisations we still have - if everyone can just get whatever alt they want at any time, there's no rarity/prestige nor angle to offer alts as prizes, etc. (Plus, there's over a thousand altmode images defined in the DB already! That would be a very large alt selection page!)

Let me see what I can do with the dashboard, but in the meantime please do shout out any requests you might have.

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by **ThunderThruster** » Fri Jan 16, 2026 7:11 am

Glyph wrote:
ThunderThruster wrote:Is it worth doing away with the rotation, and just have all the alts available at all times?
I... don't know how I feel about that. I see the argument, but also think it takes away one of the few "gamey" customisations we still have - if everyone can just get whatever alt they want at any time, there's no rarity/prestige nor angle to offer alts as prizes, etc. (Plus, there's over a thousand altmode images defined in the DB already! That would be a very large alt selection page!)

Let me see what I can do with the dashboard, but in the meantime please do shout out any requests you might have.

I get why the rotation is in place, and if it were working as intended I don't think there'd be any problems outside the usual gripes of waiting for a desired alt to come up in the cycle.
As it is, it's be (semi)broken for a long while [some rotations are working, some aren't], so it's a lot to ask you to manually cycle the rotation at what ever frequency you intend to do it at. Primus forbid anything that happens to you, directly or indirectly, that prevents you from being able to trigger the rotation. This isn't the same as having someone periodically restocking the weapons cache, it's a far more integral part of the game and we shouldn't be reliant on you (or anyone else) to perform it.

by **Red Sentinel** » Fri Jan 16, 2026 12:07 pm

If possible, here are some suggestions:
- Bring back the Cybertron Defense Team alt mode of Scattershot as either a tank or repair tank
- Maybe add the Windblade double-rotor plane
- Move the 2005 Cybertron Optimus to Repair Tank (in flight mode he did do more strafing than ramming...)
- Bayverse Sentinel Prime Fire Truck to Heavy Rescue Vehicles
- Weapons: Skyboom Shield,
- Gadgets:

Matrix of Leadership (???)

Just a few thoughts :-?

by **Light Metal** » Sat Jan 17, 2026 8:24 pm

Am I able to request an alt that I want? I'd like to change Nightscope to the Owl/Bat Fuzor. It's in the Opportunistic Air Animal class and its number is 893.

by **Primal Prime** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 2:33 pm

Glyph wrote:Yes, definitely planning to rotate some classic alts and add more (there's been a lot of new toy photography since the last set...). The armour bug and instability last year took the wind out of the sails a bit, but looking to get back onto things now that it's actually feasible to reset characters.

Any chance to get "54

Futuristic Fighter Jet - (Common)" Optimal Optimus / Primal Prime jet mode? For my Primal Prime bot

You said there were other new alts too. Any other Optimal/Primal Prime alts?

My team is pretty much Maximals at this point. Most of the alts I want is just a matter of time to have them rotated in. Thanks.

by **IcyJuggernog** » Tue Jan 20, 2026 1:42 am

Hi all,

Hope this is the right place to ask, I used to play this game back when I was in middle school and had a blast getting my butt kicked and grinding for upgrades, blowing tons of my hard-earned energon in the Battle Beasts gambling.

Remembered this on a whim today and was thrilled to see it's still functional. How many people are still playing, is there any where average player counts are posted?